Title :
HUST-CDMS: A Test-bed for Collaborative Design and Manufacturing
Author :
Rao, Yunqing ; Shao, Xinyu ; Li, Peigen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Sci. & Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol.
Abstract :
A test-bed (HUST-CDMS) for collaborative product design and manufacturing is described in this paper. This test-bed is constructed by using a CORBA and MAS based system architecture, where diverse and heterogeneous design and manufacturing resources are MAS-based agentified and CORBA-based encapsulated as resource agents and subsequently integrated in the system. These resource agents communicate and interact with each other by means of agent interoperation and human-machine interaction to achieve a collaborative design and manufacturing environment, aiming at reducing the lead time and costs
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; distributed object management; groupware; human computer interaction; multi-agent systems; product design; production engineering computing; CORBA; HUST-CDMS; agent interoperation; collaborative manufacturing environment; collaborative product design; human-machine interaction; multiagent system architecture; resource agent communication; Application software; Collaborative work; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; International collaboration; Man machine systems; Manufacturing systems; Product design; Pulp manufacturing; System testing; CORBA; Collaborative Design and Manufacturing; MAS; Test-bed;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2006. CSCWD '06. 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0164-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0165-8
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2006.253014
